Word: performer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...actors are given a lovely set on which to perform, designed by Karl Eigsti. The elaborate facade of a huge garden room is a complement to the discussion of art and genre which proceeds within, what with its Roman arches, paired columns a la Michelangelo, and huge French doors one could imagine at Versailles. Most intriguing of all, a huge gleaming bronze pendulum swings slowly and mesmerizing lyacross the stage as the audience takes its seat, but disappears by the time the curtain raises for the first act. The image of that swinging ball remains impalpably, and the presence...
However, Brigham and Women's vice president of nursing, Mary Fay, said there are no plans to get rid of registered nurses or to take away their right to determine which tasks unlicensed assistants can perform...
Registered nurses reportedly said they were concerned the hospital would lessen the quality of patient care by cutting the nurse-patient ratio, thus requiring unlicensed aides to perform more duties...
...peer directly into the brain while a stroke is under way. The sharply detailed pictures reveal the type of stroke that is occurring, how far along the stroke has progressed and even whether various treatments are having an effect. Surgeons have also fine-tuned procedures in which they can perform preventive maintenance on some stroke-prone arteries. But the best is yet to come: researchers are developing medications that will actually protect portions of the brain from damage for as long as 12 hours after a stroke, giving doctors more time to restore normal blood flow...
...into her pen by a visitor. Zookeepers were mystified by Nyla's death until an autopsy of the 4,300-pound hippo showed that she had a 2-inch rubber ball blocking her intestinal passageway. Though authorities knew the hippo was suffering some kind of obstruction, they did not perform surgery, fearing she would die during the procedure. Nyla, 31, had lived at the zoo for more than 20 years after spending her youth as part of a Las Vegas circus...